Progress Florida Blog

Women shouldn't have to unnecessarily postpone access to an abortion for 24 hours. SB 724 has no basis in science, and in some parts of Florida, this could mean as much as 400 miles and eight hours of travel to get access to care.

TALLAHASSEE — Last week, clean energy advocates, in the spirit of “Sunshine Week”, made a public records request for all correspondence between the governor and Department of Environmental Protection related to Gov. Rick Scott’s unwritten, but standing policy banning the words “climate change” and “global warming” in public documents and other communications.

Today, Forecast the Facts, 350.org and Progress Florida announced their support regarding a request for an investigation into media reports about an “unwritten policy” prohibiting the use of words and phrases including “climate change” and “global warming.”